The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-07-10

threats TO brain him, and he finally covered
down IN ths bottom IF the boat and moansd and
ten a minutss before could silence them. am
SSsed 70 h Sss s s % and
w s III was ws o %ot S SsS,I9 a
2 naked knife In bis hand, as 4 lie expected to
i,had auieted The people that / could look Tor
ofit. but when had lot my craft fail of little
ali caught sight OF the capsIzed craft. There
had been from fourteen zen to sixteen He people In
eS Se acal but sS not 1 another e sign Though
sailed clear around the boat. The boatswain
should have been close upon me by the time
craft OF before tho wind, and was now
~ Ra Indian 9 OCEAN nS hS rc Il S
that his people advised IT and that he hadn't .,
men ~ his boat, all landsmen. and they may
have threatened his life or taken forclble pos
re- and to say Nothing to
creep forward and look Tor the CAPTAINS boat,
much spray flying. He took my pocket glasses,
sss ss h9 Shs
Of Whit had happened to the other boats.
Twill tell you here that the boatswain's craft
containing a starved and emaciated woman.
was picked up By coaster ninety miles to the
She She died wtRout speaking and What I became e
Of the other people can only be surmised., The
fret mate. broke his compass. and held mis-
to the west Of Perth, with five of his pc Irle
dead from exposure. The second mate car
ss s ash0s oar pe %ss a the he
particulars. was under general orders
hold dee e 'n the northesst and shook the
reef out Of the sail and held the boat up on her
to sight boat
As the afternoon wore away the weather grew
thicker, and at about sunset counseed with
Most OF the people in the boat had been dread
fully sick for the last hour or two and one or
two Of the children were in sort Of stupor;
his ideas on the matter Of lying to and drifting
1T PVT VITA agreed ", With m mine: ,.,,od .. 49,. nov
several points Of our course, and making as
much drift as Roadway. and before we are two
62urs older we are g9inE to see more 2, WIND.
He dashed the oars together to make drag,
sd sss ank sad e ri ps 5o sS
the. carpenter while making repairs. When
both were over We rode like duck, without
signed my seat to rouse up the people and put
them in shape for the night. | poured some
Eas Int S saa
could say or do would rouse him up. One OF
Ing returned. but the other covered down
the naked knife held II In his hand and d., SO
two-I shifted them about until they we're in
more comfortable, positions. and then served
when the angry sun went to his ocean bed
Without losing a soul; That , xass s,ssrsiSly
our time had come. The wind blew bowling
ns ssa got ps9s ns
prevented our destruction. There we're many
thnt m Sne and we catched each other and
believed that the moment had come; It was
bss the Shs sra
It was sunrise next morning before the gale
Grs ss' and I hoisted sail At sunrise served
wine and crackers again and was a; rsj9fSed I to
a % xoHG his sas
and nd the young man with the knife now had the
worried. desperate look OF hunted beast. l
ssts hR sef kfs
upon tn nsxs sh TIE Knife Thers
ssa the 'y Ss e saSu seed nns
from two or three stabs, lifted the other in his
arms and went OVERHEARD; Tho boat was
none Of us would have dared to shift our
gositions to interiors There was as scream .aIa
the sad and
biaed. insistsd 3D. upon their taking food and
water and shifting about, and the affair was
vlvr tan hr N hn
Professor Prof He had beeni dunn for hours, but
after forcing him to eat ne suddenly 6ega1 to
sss Hd ned IN
bow OF the boat volunteered to take charge Of
the poor gentleman. and cautioned him to tie
e By noon the we weather had crown pleasant
and the sea moderately cain, and then for the
first time the people moved about and ND felt OF
ali. and BY guesses and predictions put the lit;
tie crowd in good humor; The women washed
children were duly cared for, and We dashed
along toTard australia Of an exhilarating speed;
was IL hopes the Professor would a mend but
then lay for hours In stupor. We had re-
the Hshinss in order ,s t. rub his
set. without having given us, the, least
board. A monster shark had been following
dssp before S'. %
the mluul6, ana u numDeT VI uo. pdlHIy SdW
him make OF with his victim. We had pretty
fair night Of Il and the weather hold good for
squalls and head winds, and I'll give you bit
OF my diary to wind up the story;
Fourth day-One OF the children died ar d
we had to hold the mother to prevent her jump
Fifth day-Dead calm and no progress
Many sharks about.
Sikh day-One Of the women--a Mrs. Will
kins-died. and another woman and child are
Seventh dsy-Head winds. Sick are no
Eighth, dayIwoman and child dead. Calm;
Ninth day-Young man jumped overheard
last night without any Of US knowingit. An
Fourteenth day-Manning. two women. and
myself are alone left alive. We must DO near
Seventeenth day-The. four Of us were
picked up by schooner thirty miles on the
coast. PLENTY OF food and water left"
That's my story. sir; and want to say that
more the result Of terror At the sitRatlen than
abundance OF drink and food plenty Of room
ter another simply because hope gave out aud
there was collapse.